{"id":84278,"date":"2022-08-17T07:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=84278"},"modified":"2022-08-16T17:05:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T21:05:15","slug":"mixed-use-development-utilizes-solar-energy-in-hamilton-ma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/mixed-use-development-utilizes-solar-energy-in-hamilton-ma\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixed Use Development Utilizes Solar Energy in Hamilton, MA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HAMILTON, Mass., Aug. 17, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; In June 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/sunbugsolar.com\/\">SunBug Solar<\/a> finished installing a 54.75 kw rooftop solar array on 59 Willow Street in Hamilton; built by Traggorth Companies of Boston, Massachusetts. This mixed-use development helps the town towards achieving a variety of economic and sustainability goals.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/22-0817-s2p-sunbug-solar-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"SUNBUG SOLAR: Mixed Use Development Utilizes Solar Energy in Hamilton\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/22-0817-s2p-sunbug-solar-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/22-0817-s2p-sunbug-solar-800x600-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/22-0817-s2p-sunbug-solar-800x600-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/><em>PHOTO CAPTION: 54.75 kw rooftop solar array on 59 Willow Street in Hamilton, MA.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The solar installation will offset 64% of electrical usage for the 18 residential apartments (nine of which will be affordable at 80% the area median income) and the 2,400 square foot ground floor that will have retail space, a lobby, fitness center, and office.<\/p>\n<p>The building design meets Passive House standards, which aim to reduce a building\u2019s carbon footprint and ultimately require less energy for heating or cooling.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also ideally located for walkability and access to public transportation. It is located one block west of Main Street in downtown Hamilton, a two-minute walk to the Hamilton \/ Wenham Commuter Rail Station, which provides access to Boston\u2019s North Station.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, this project greatly helps the town of Hamilton toward achieving several goals named in the 2014 Hamilton-Wenham Village Vision + Action Plan, the 2020 Housing Production Plan, and the Hamilton Master Plan in regards to economic diversity, access to public transportation, and sustainability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT SUNBUG SOLAR:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Founded in Somerville, Massachusetts in 2009, SunBug Solar has spent more than a decade navigating the complexities of the emerging energy landscape, providing best-in-class renewable energy solutions to a wide range of residential and commercial customers. As an employee-owned B Corp and longtime member of the Amicus Solar Cooperative, SunBug believes that doing right by their customers and doing the right thing go hand-in-hand. Their responsive team brings expertise, experience, and a customer-first approach to every project. They embody the SunBug commitment to building a more resilient future by enabling a fundamental shift toward accessible, high-quality renewable energy.<\/p>\n<p>LEARN MORE AT: <a href=\"https:\/\/sunbugsolar.com\/\">https:\/\/sunbugsolar.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HAMILTON, Mass., Aug. 17, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; In June 2022, SunBug Solar finished installing a 54.75 kw rooftop solar array on 59 Willow Street in Hamilton, MA, built by Traggorth Companies of Boston, MA. This mixed-use development helps the town towards achieving a variety of economic and sustainability goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5036,"featured_media":84274,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[167,163,1,74,161],"tags":[11262],"class_list":["post-84278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-news","category-boston-news","category-business-news","category-construction-news","category-massachusetts-news","tag-massachusetts-home-solar","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":3962,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5036"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}